Big Four auditors

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The Big Four auditors are the four largest international accounting and professional services firms that dominate the global audit market for large public companies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective term ⓘ
group of companies ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
associatedWith audit market concentration ⓘ
audit quality debates ⓘ
conflict of interest concerns ⓘ
consequenceOf consolidation in accounting industry ⓘ
dominates audit market for listed companies in many countries ⓘ
global audit market for large public companies ⓘ
field assurance services ⓘ
corporate finance advisory ⓘ
financial auditing ⓘ
legal services ⓘ
management consulting ⓘ
professional services ⓘ
public accounting ⓘ
risk advisory ⓘ
tax advisory ⓘ
transaction advisory ⓘ
hasHeadquartersInMembers Amsterdam ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

New York City ⓘ
multiple global financial centers ⓘ
historicallyPrecededBy Big Eight auditors ⓘ
industry accounting industry ⓘ
professional services industry ⓘ
member Deloitte ⓘ
EY ⓘ
linked to: Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young ⓘ
KPMG ⓘ
PricewaterhouseCoopers ⓘ
PwC ⓘ
operatesIn Africa ⓘ
Asia-Pacific ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North America ⓘ
providesService IT consulting ⓘ
external audit of financial statements ⓘ
forensic accounting ⓘ
internal audit outsourcing ⓘ
valuation services ⓘ
regulationSubjectTo independent audit oversight bodies ⓘ
national audit regulators ⓘ
securities regulators ⓘ
scope global ⓘ
multinational ⓘ
typicalClient financial institution ⓘ
large public company ⓘ
multinational corporation ⓘ

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KPMG → memberOf → Big Four auditors ⓘ
Arthur Andersen → memberOf → Big Five accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
Price Waterhouse → memberOf → Big Four accounting firms precursor ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
Ernst & Young → memberOf → Big Four auditors ⓘ
Big Four auditors → alsoKnownAs → Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
Deloitte → memberOfGroup → Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler → memberOf → Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
KPMG → partOf → Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
subject linked to: James Marwick
linked to: Big Four auditors
Big Eight accounting firms → followedBy → Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers → memberOf → Big Four accounting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
MBB → comparedWith → Big Four consulting firms ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors
MBB → oftenContrastedWith → Big Four advisory practices ⓘ
linked to: Big Four auditors